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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Rapidsnap - 14 Apr 2022
Very underwhelming promotional livery IMO.
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Unber43 - 15 Apr 2022
(14 Apr 2022, 11:43 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Very underwhelming promotional livery IMO.I agree
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Adrian - 15 Apr 2022
(14 Apr 2022, 11:43 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Very underwhelming promotional livery IMO.
Looks like it's on brand and does what it says on the tin to me?
The Durham 2025 logo is awful and is what limits your scope. There's really limited space where you could stick it on a bus, at least to be big enough to see, but avoiding covering the windows at the same time.
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - F114TML - 15 Apr 2022
Could've done with some pictures places or people around the region (or as mentioned above, some artwork), IMO. It just feels like they haven't quite done the same amount of effort as the Sunderland 2021 livery.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/34019225042
Even though it was also just a modification to the fleet livery, it feels like they're really wanting to win it, but the Durham one feels a bit like a box-ticking exercise to me.
Gives a good idea of what they'd would look like if they were branded for the 4, though.
(15 Apr 2022, 10:04 am)Adrian wrote Looks like it's on brand and does what it says on the tin to me?It already is covering the windows at the back - not sure Mr Stenning would approve.
The Durham 2025 logo is awful and is what limits your scope. There's really limited space where you could stick it on a bus, at least to be big enough to see, but avoiding covering the windows at the same time.
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Adrian - 15 Apr 2022
(15 Apr 2022, 10:21 am)F114TML wrote It already is covering the windows at the back - not sure Mr Stenning would approve.
Unless you're crouched down or laying down on that back seat, that is not going to obstruct your view.
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - KingSlayerRBLX - 15 Apr 2022
I think the livery does the job. It’s just showing people that GNE are supporting the bid.
Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Dan - 15 Apr 2022
(14 Apr 2022, 2:06 pm)Andreos1 wrote Hope it didn't lose a wing mirror!
Looks fine to me!
https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/1514885030581002242?s=21&t=G6NomTQO4LHIS-qBvS5VEA
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Acky81 - 15 Apr 2022
It’s awful
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - TEN 6083 - 16 Apr 2022
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Go North East 5401 / NK15 ENO by kieron mathews, on FlickrBack in service today
Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Xlines 6335 - 19 Apr 2022
Seen on the X31 today.
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - ne14ne1 - 25 Apr 2022
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Unber43 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 2:28 pm)ne14ne1 wroteIm surprised there are no decals where the engine is
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - OrangeArrow49 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 2:28 pm)ne14ne1 wrote
There aren't many videos of 5401 since its repaint, and it's only been in Newcastle for one day so far. How did you find this video?
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - MurdnunoC - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 6:25 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote There aren't many videos of 5401 since its repaint, and it's only been in Newcastle for one day so far. How did you find this video?
Searched for an image of 5401 in its current livery would be my uneducated guess.
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - ne14ne1 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 6:25 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote There aren't many videos of 5401 since its repaint, and it's only been in Newcastle for one day so far. How did you find this video?
Searched ‘Go North East bus’ on YouTube and filtered results by ‘upload date’.
(I wasn’t searching for 5401 specifically).
Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Dan - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 2:43 pm)Unber43 wrote Im surprised there are no decals where the engine is
There are now.
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Unber43 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 8:23 pm)Dan wrote There are now.And they look nice
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - OrangeArrow49 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 8:07 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Searched ‘Go North East bus’ on YouTube and filtered results by ‘upload date’.
(I wasn’t searching for 5401 specifically).
Great. Thanks. For now there doesn't look to be any other videos of 5401 on YouTube, hopefully there will be soon. You haven't credited the creator, have you liked and subscribed?
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - ne14ne1 - 25 Apr 2022
(25 Apr 2022, 8:37 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Great. Thanks. For now there doesn't look to be any other videos of 5401 on YouTube, hopefully there will be soon. You haven't credited the creator, have you liked and subscribed?
The creators profile/channel link is visible at the top left of the video if you click on the profile picture.
i didn’t wish to Like or Subscribe, thanks.
RE: New branding? - DRS37419 - 05 May 2022
(04 Apr 2022, 7:45 pm)Dan wrote Isn’t the bid for the county, not the city?Yes it is!
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Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - TEN 6083 - 31 May 2022
Wonder if this will be repainted soon as Bradford have won the bid for City of Culture 2025 as announced tonight on The One Show.
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - F114TML - 31 May 2022
(31 May 2022, 6:50 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Wonder if this will be repainted soon as Bradford have won the bid for City of Culture 2025 as announced tonight on The One Show.Took them a while to repaint the Sunderland one.
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - MurdnunoC - 31 May 2022
More paint wasted on something that was never going to happen.
Ferrying the judges around on a Streetlite probably did the bid no favours too. GNE could have picked a better vehicle with less rattles...
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Andreos1 - 31 May 2022
(31 May 2022, 6:52 pm)MurdnunoC wrote More paint wasted on something that was never going to happen.To be fair to them, the judges won't have had one bus for the duration of their trip.
Ferrying the judges around on a Streetlite probably did the bid no favours too. GNE could have picked a better vehicle with less rattles...
There will have been a range of services and multiple changes to get to Durham City Centre that demonstrated the excellent value for money day tickets.
Depending on connection times at Stanley Bus Station, they may have been able to pop in to Asda to kill some time too!
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - BusLoverMum - 31 May 2022
(31 May 2022, 9:48 pm)Andreos1 wrote To be fair to them, the judges won't have had one bus for the duration of their trip.But aldi is nearer!
There will have been a range of services and multiple changes to get to Durham City Centre that demonstrated the excellent value for money day tickets.
Depending on connection times at Stanley Bus Station, they may have been able to pop in to Asda to kill some time too!
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - 54APhotography - 01 Jun 2022
Can't blame GNE for this repaint.. How the hell Bradford beat Durham is staggering...
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Jack Gill - 01 Jun 2022
(31 May 2022, 9:48 pm)Andreos1 wrote Depending on connection times at Stanley Bus Station, they may have been able to pop in to Asda to kill some time too!What lucky people!
Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - cbma06 - 01 Jun 2022
(01 Jun 2022, 6:19 am)54APhotography wrote Can't blame GNE for this repaint.. How the hell Bradford beat Durham is staggering...
Because Bradford is further south, and Boris doesn’t like the north levelling up scheme [emoji23]
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RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - busmanT - 01 Jun 2022
(01 Jun 2022, 6:19 am)54APhotography wrote Can't blame GNE for this repaint.. How the hell Bradford beat Durham is staggering...
Because Bradford needs some urgent investment, whereas Durham is already quite well off? The Durham bid, for the county of course, said how wonderful it already is!
RE: Go North East 5401 - Durham City of Culture re-paint - Jack Gill - 01 Jun 2022
(01 Jun 2022, 2:30 pm)busmanT wrote Because Bradford needs some urgent investment, whereas Durham is already quite well off? The Durham bid, for the county of course, said how wonderful it already is!Well, it could be argued some areas of Durham need urgent investment, but I suppose most areas are fine.